Recent Discussions

Discussion published by Daniele Salerno on Friday, September 21, 2018

ANN: Conference "Sites of Transit in Europe from WW2 to the Present. History, Spaces, Memories" (Carpi, Italy, October 3-6, 2018)

The conference "Sites of Transit in Europe from WW2 to the Present. History, Spaces, Memories" is organized by Fondazione Fossoli and will take place in Carpi (Italy) from October 3 to 6. Thirty scholars will discuss their research works on the topics of the conference. Keynote speakers will be Renée Poznanski (October 3) and Liliana Segre (October 4).  Renée Poznanski will discuss her book, written with Denis Peschanski and Bénoît Pouvreau "Drancy. Un camp en France" (Paris, Fayard, 2015). Liliana Segre is Senator for Life of the Italian Republic.

Discussion published by Chris Fojtik on Thursday, September 20, 2018

JOB: College of William and Mary, Modern Languages and Literatures Assistant Professor of Modern Languages & Literatures (German Studies)

The Department of Modern Languages & Literatures at the College of William & Mary invites applications for a tenure-eligible Assistant Professor position in German Studies beginning August 10, 2019. We are seeking a colleague with a commitment to excellence in scholarship and teaching with the ability to attract, motivate, retain, and mentor students.

Discussion published by John Finch on Wednesday, September 19, 2018

CFP: Culture, Cultivation, Inculcation: The Subjects and Its Environments in 18th Century German Literature and Aesthetics (CFP extended deadline 9/28/18)

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Call for Papers
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September 18, 2018 to September 30, 2018
Discussion published by Chris Fojtik on Monday, September 17, 2018

ANN: H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-German: 10 September - 17 September 2018

The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from
10 September 2018 to 17 September 2018.  These job postings are included here based on the categories selected by the list editors for H-German.  See the H-Net Job Guide website at http://www.h-net.org/jobs/ for more information.  To contact the Job Guide, write to jobguide@mail.h-net.msu.edu, or call +1-517-432-5134 between 9 am and 5 pm US Eastern time.



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Discussion published by Stephan Jaeger on Wednesday, September 12, 2018

CFP: CAUTG (Canadian Association of University Teachers of German) Annual Meeting, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Canada,Vancouver, UBC (May 31-June 3, 2019; deadline Nov. 30, 2018)

CALL FOR PAPERS

Canadian Association of University Teachers of German (CAUTG) (www.cautg.org)

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Recent Reviews

Review published on Friday, September 14, 2018
Author: 
Andrew S. Tompkins
Reviewer: 
Jan-Henrik Meyer

Meyer on Tompkins, 'Better Active than Radioactive! Anti-Nuclear Protest in 1970s France and West Germany'

Andrew S. Tompkins. Better Active than Radioactive! Anti-Nuclear Protest in 1970s France and West Germany. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. xv + 265 pp. $99.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-182620-7.

Reviewed by Jan-Henrik Meyer Published on H-German (September, 2018) Commissioned by Jeremy DeWaal

Printable Version: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=48455

Review published on Monday, August 13, 2018
Author: 
Hartmut Berghoff, Jan L. Logemann, Felix Römer, eds.
Reviewer: 
Manuel Schramm

Schramm on Berghoff and Logemann and Römer, 'The Consumer on the Home Front: Second World War Civilian Consumption in Comparative Perspective'

Hartmut Berghoff, Jan L. Logemann, Felix Römer, eds. The Consumer on the Home Front: Second World War Civilian Consumption in Comparative Perspective. London: Oxford University Press, 2017. ix + 371 pp. $120.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-878426-5.

Reviewed by Manuel Schramm (Technische Universität Chemnitz) Published on H-German (August, 2018) Commissioned by Jeremy DeWaal

Review published on Monday, April 2, 2018
Author: 
Sara Lennox
Reviewer: 
Robbie Aitken

Aitken on Lennox, 'Remapping Black Germany: New Perspectives on Afro-German History, Politics, and Culture'

Sara Lennox. Remapping Black Germany: New Perspectives on Afro-German History, Politics, and Culture. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2016. 376 pp. $31.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-62534-231-7.

Reviewed by Robbie Aitken (Sheffield Hallam University, Humanities Research Center) Published on H-German (April, 2018) Commissioned by Jeremy DeWaal

Review published on Monday, March 26, 2018
Author: 
Jochen Böhler, Robert Gerwarth, eds.
Reviewer: 
Jeff Rutherford

Rutherford on Böhler and Gerwarth, 'The Waffen-SS: A European History'

Jochen Böhler, Robert Gerwarth, eds. The Waffen-SS: A European History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. xviii + 372 pp. Illustrations. $100.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-879055-6.

Reviewed by Jeff Rutherford (Wheeling Jesuit University) Published on H-German (March, 2018) Commissioned by Jeremy DeWaal

Review published on Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Author: 
Bodie A. Ashton
Reviewer: 
Ursula Rombeck-Jaschinski

Rombeck-Jaschinski on Ashton, 'The Kingdom of Württemberg and the Making of Germany, 1815-1871'

Bodie A. Ashton. The Kingdom of Württemberg and the Making of Germany, 1815-1871. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. 240 pp. $114.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-350-00007-0.

Reviewed by Ursula Rombeck-Jaschinski (Universität Stuttgart) Published on H-German (February, 2018) Commissioned by Jeremy DeWaal

Printable Version: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=50116

Review published on Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Author: 
Noah Benezra Strote
Reviewer: 
Mark Clark

Clark on Strote, 'Lions and Lambs: Conflict in Weimar and the Creation of Post-Nazi Germany'

Noah Benezra Strote. Lions and Lambs: Conflict in Weimar and the Creation of Post-Nazi Germany. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. xii + 357 pp. $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-300-21905-0.

Reviewed by Mark Clark (University of Virginia-Wise) Published on H-German (February, 2018) Commissioned by David Harrisville

Review published on Monday, January 22, 2018
Author: 
Janosch Steuwer
Reviewer: 
Kathryn Sederberg

Sederberg on Steuwer, '"Ein Drittes Reich, wie ich es auffasse": Politik, Gesellschaft und privates Leben in Tagebüchern 1933-1939'

Janosch Steuwer. "Ein Drittes Reich, wie ich es auffasse": Politik, Gesellschaft und privates Leben in Tagebüchern 1933-1939. Göttingen: Wallstein, 2017. 611 pp. EUR 49.90 (cloth), ISBN 978-3-8353-3003-0.

Reviewed by Kathryn Sederberg (Kalamazoo College) Published on H-German (January, 2018) Commissioned by Jeremy DeWaal

Printable Version: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=50185

Review published on Friday, January 19, 2018
Author: 
John C. Swanson
Reviewer: 
H. Glenn Penny

Penny on Swanson, 'Tangible Belonging: Negotiating Germanness in Twentieth-Century Hungary'

John C. Swanson. Tangible Belonging: Negotiating Germanness in Twentieth-Century Hungary. Pitt Russian East European Series. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017. 464 pp. $34.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8229-6429-2.

Reviewed by H. Glenn Penny (University of Iowa) Published on H-German (January, 2018) Commissioned by David Harrisville

Review published on Saturday, November 11, 2017
Author: 
Sandrine Kott
Reviewer: 
Ned Richardson-Little

Richardson-Little on Kott, 'Communism Day-to-Day: State Enterprises in East German Society'

Sandrine Kott. Communism Day-to-Day: State Enterprises in East German Society. Trans. Lisa Godin-Roger. Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany Series. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2014. 368 pp. $90.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-472-11871-7.

Reviewed by Ned Richardson-Little (University of Exeter) Published on H-German (November, 2017) Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill

Review published on Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Author: 
James C. Enns
Reviewer: 
Benjamin C. Pearson

Pearson on Enns, 'Saving Germany: North American Protestants and Christian Mission to West Germany, 1945 -1974'

James C. Enns. Saving Germany: North American Protestants and Christian Mission to West Germany, 1945 -1974. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017. 328 pp. $34.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7735-4913-5.

Reviewed by Benjamin C. Pearson (Excelsior College) Published on H-German (November, 2017) Commissioned by David Harrisville

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